Chicken Bharta in Bengali Style
Chicken Bharta in Bengali Style

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have chicken bharta in bengali style using 24 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Bharta in Bengali Style:
  1. Get 800 grams boneless chicken
  2. Take 2 eggs hard boiled
  3. Prepare 2 big onions thinly sliced
  4. Get 1 small tomato pureed
  5. Make ready 4-5 green chilies
  6. Prepare 1 tablespoon grated ginger
  7. Prepare 1 1/2 tablespoon grated garlic
  8. Prepare 10-15 cashew nuts soaked in water
  9. Get 2 tablespoons charmagaz
  10. Get 150 grams hung curd whisked
  11. Take 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
  12. Take 1 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
  13. Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
  14. Take 1/2 tablespoon Punjabi garam masala powder
  15. Get 1/2 tablespoon tandoori masala (optional)
  16. Take 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
  17. Prepare 2-3 bay leaves
  18. Make ready to taste Salt
  19. Get 1 inch cinnamon stick broken into pieces
  20. Make ready 1/4 teaspoons cumin seeds
  21. Prepare 4-5 cloves
  22. Take 1 tablespoon kasoori methi/ dried fenugreek leaves crushed
  23. Prepare 4 tablespoons oil
  24. Get 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
Steps to make Chicken Bharta in Bengali Style:
  1. Cut the chicken in long thin strips.
  2. Make a paste of the soaked cashew nuts and charmagaz.
  3. Take a kadhai and heat oil in it. Temper the oil with cumin seeds, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks and cloves.
  4. Once you get the aroma of the spices, add the sliced onions.
  5. Saute them till they turn translucent.
  6. Make some space in the centre and add pureed tomato, ginger and garlic paste and continue sautéing
  7. After about 2-3 minutes add the turmeric powder, cumin powder, green chilies, red chilli powder and salt.
  8. Now, add the chicken and saute them for 2 minutes.
  9. Cover and cook on medium flame. Gradually you will see that lots of water oozes out from the chicken. Therefore, you need not add any water.
  10. Meanwhile cut the boiled eggs in thin slices. We will use this egg white later for garnishing. Mash the egg yolks and keep aside.
  11. Once the chicken is cooked and you see oil leaving the sides of the pan, add Punjabi garam masala powder, tandoori masala, hung curd, paste of cashew nuts and charmagaz, kasoori methi, mashed egg yolk along with ½ cup of water.
  12. Let it simmer for 5-6 minutes till it reaches the desired consistency.
  13. Garnish the chicken bharta with coriander leaves and egg white rings.Serve the chicken bharta with naan, roomali roti or lachha paratha.

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